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One for All Sky Plus
by kat1234
We first signed up to Sky almost three years ago now and opted for a Sky plus box. With that box came this Sky Plus Remote Control. On first investigation, this looked pretty daunting to me - so many buttons, what could they possibly all be for? As time has gone on, I have grown to know and love my Sky remote (when I can wrestle it ... from the iron grip of my other half!)
The remote itself is actually pretty heavy when the batteries are in. It takes two AA batteries to power and I would say these last us between two and three months (this will vary depending on usage/battery quality of course!). The remote fits nicely in the palm of your hand and has a soft rubber backing too which is smooth but gives good grip to prevent and unnecessary damage from slipping out of hands.
The remote is nicely designed with soft rubber buttons that are easy to compress and the remote is suitably sensitive to this - you do not have to press too firmly for it to work. It is also pretty self explanatory and easy to use with all buttons clearly labelled. This labelling is in white text that does slightly wear off with use.
The feature that I most like about the remote is that it can be used to control your sky box and your tv. At the top of the remote there are three buttons - a power off/on button, the sky button and the tv button. By selecting the relevant button (sky or tv) you can switch between controlling tv and sky. This reduces the need for separate remotes and therefore I have less clutter in my lounge.
All features of Sky+ can be controlled by the remote - recording, playback, channel selection and it is easy to do so. The signal strength between the remote and box is also good, with all commands well picked up without the need to keep pressing on buttons. Another handy feature is that your Sky box will detect if the batteries in the remote are getting low and display a message on screen prompting you to change them - thus avoiding that annoying moment when you want to pause something but the batteries are flat.
As I say, we have had Sky now for three years and we have recently replaced our remote as it did completely stop working. To be fair, it had taken a fair few batterings from falling onto our wooden floor, and the catch holding the back in place had already broken, but it was still annoying that it completely stopped working. Without the remote, the Sky+ box is really difficult to work so we had a frustrating few days whilst waiting for our new one to arrive. It cost £13.99 from Amazon, so if we need to replace it too often it will work out quite expensive.
All in all, this is a good, solid remote that is easy and convenient to use.
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One for All Sky Plus
by Screenager1988
Every family has a name for one.
The box. The doofer. The Buttons, and heaven forbid ... the remote control?
Everyone will be familiar with this little piece of kit too - the sky+ remote, which also doubles as a remote control for your T.V
Kinda.
You see, it won't render your T.V remote ... redundant - and that's it's biggest problem. It doesn't switch between A.V settings. Now I can understand a universal remote not being able to get into the intricate setting of a T.V - but when it can't do a basic function that a lot of T.V's need before they can be put onto the sky+ service, it's not really saving you any time or energy is it.
Which is annoying, countless times I'v had something come on that I want to watch, so I plump myself down pick up the sky+ remote and then search frantically for my lost T.V remote to switch over to the correct input.
Luckily that's all that's wrong with the Sky+ remote, sure it's a little heavy, but it's comfortable and responsive and most importantly it's batteries that come supplied with it last an age.
If you have Sky+ you'll need it, if you don't then don't buy it as a universal control.
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One for All Sky Plus
by pie123456
Like many i now have Sky Plus, and i love it. One day my world was thrown into chaos when i somehow managed to break my original control. I realized how Sky Plus is almost unworkable without a control . Thankfully, almost a day later this remote arrived from Amazon. This remote does what it say's on the Tin. It works flawlessly with ... your Sky Plus, meaning you won't have any compatibility issues. It looks like the real thing, and basically is the real thing. The buttons are all of decent size, and they all work well. The control itself is relatively lightweight. One issue i have found is the battery life is relatively poor. When I came to changing the battery's i realized this was surprisingly difficult, and the lack of instructions supplied with this product further enhanced the difficulty of this task. At the end of the day, its a remote control and does what you'd expect. Delivery with Amazon was faultless and the quality of the control matches the original. Once you've overcome the challenge of changing the batteries, you will be satisfied with your purchase.
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